4-star QB Kellen Mond likely down to two schools

Four-star quarterback Kellen Mond renounced his commitment to Baylor on Twitter Wednesday. On that same night, he named Auburn as a favorite to a San Antonio TV station.(Photo: David Flores, Kens5.com)

AUBURN – And then there were two.

Kellen Mond, a four-star prospect and one of the nation’s best dual-threat quarterbacks in the 2017 recruiting class, is essentially down to Auburn and Texas A&M for his services.

Mond, a Texas native who will be playing this fall at IMG Academy in Florida this fall, told WOAI-TV in San Antonio last week that “I’d probably say Auburn is my leader, following with Ohio State and Texas A&M”. However, recruiting news from the Buckeyes program this past weeked may have Mond down to just two schools.

Las Vegas quarterback Tate Martell, the nation’s highest ranked dual-threat signal caller out of Bishop Gorman High School, announced Sunday he has committed to Ohio State. Martell announced a top five last week of Ohio State, UCLA, USC, California and Colorado before going on an unofficial visit to Ohio State’s campus this weekend.

Mond, along with Martell, was part of the Elite 11 quarterback camp in Los Angeles. Mond passed for 1,991 yards and 26 touchdowns with four interceptions last season at Reagan High School in San Antonio. The 6-foot-3, 200-pound prospect rushed for 898 yards and seven touchdowns last fall as well.

Mond is ranked as the No. 103 overall prospect, and No. 21 in Florida, according to the 247Sports.com. ESPN.com ranks Mond as the No. 2 dual-threat QB and the No. 48 prospect overall.

“After further discussion with my family, I have made the decision to decommit from Baylor University,” Mond wrote on Twitter. “When I committed last summer, the primary basis was due to having the leadership of Art Briles and Kendall Briles as a great football foundation.

Mond visited Ohio State for the spring game at the end of April despite being committed to Baylor. He has also made two visits to Auburn’s campus this offseason and reportedly will announce a verbal commitment to another school next month.

Auburn doesn’t currently have a committed quarterback to its 2017 class and is likely to have only three (John Franklin III, Sean White and incoming freshman Woody Barrett) on scholarship when that class would be set to enroll.